FiberLight is expanding its Virginia footprint by acquiring Metro Fiber Networks, enhancing connections between Richmond and Virginia Beach. The move strengthens its ability to support hyperscale data centers, government, and educational clients.
The E2A transpacific subsea cable promises to revolutionize telecommunications infrastructure, linking Japan and the USA by 2028. Connecting major regions like Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan to the US, this project is backed by telecom giants Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank, SK Broadband, and Verizon.
Sweden is investigating a potential sabotage of the Cinia C-Lion1 undersea telecom cable. Despite the damage, the link between Finland and Germany remains active.
Saudi Arabia’s Mobily and Telecom Egypt are collaborating on a submarine cable project across the Red Sea, enhancing VoIP connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This initiative addresses increasing internet service demand and aligns with Saudi Vision 2030.
Vocus has agreed to purchase TPG’s fibre and fixed network assets in a $3.35 billion deal, enhancing their digital infrastructure presence across Australia. The acquisition expands Vocus’s fibre network by 50,000 km, connecting major cities and offering competitive services to enterprise and government sectors.
Telxius is enhancing its network infrastructure to 400G with Juniper Networks’ Converged Optical Routing Architecture (CORA), revolutionizing VoIP connectivity. This upgrade simplifies capacity expansion and boosts metro networks and data center interconnects. Leveraging IP over DWDM technology, Telxius will ensure scalable, high-performance, and energy-efficient VoIP solutions globally.
Sparkle’s new Point of Presence (PoP) at Aruba’s Hyper Cloud Data Centre in Rome enhances VoIP connectivity, strengthening Rome as a global hub linking Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. This collaboration boosts Sparkle’s BlueMed cable, delivering high-speed VoIP services through advanced, renewable-powered infrastructure.
Arelion and Telxius are collaborating to provide fully diverse, multi-terabit connectivity into Telxius’ landing stations in Boca Raton and Jacksonville, Florida. This fiber network expansion establishes Arelion Points-of-Presence (PoPs) at each Telxius landing station. For Telxius, it empowers customers with resilient Tier-1 optical transport and high-speed access to Arelion’s North American network. Together, Arelion and Telxius are making a significant investment in the Florida Peninsula to connect Latin American customers to North America through submarine and terrestrial systems.
Telxius, a leading global connectivity provider, has been recognized at the 2024 Data Center Market (DCM) Awards for its Derio Data Center. It has won the award for Excellence in Connectivity, providing a state-of-the-art facility near Bilbao, in northern Spain, designed to harness the potential of the subsea cables connected to it.
Singapore’s leading telecom provider Singtel, in a strategic alliance with technology powerhouse Nvidia, has unveiled a new line of data centers under the brand name Nxera. These centers are poised to revolutionize generative AI services for businesses across the region, aligning with Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0.
